A team of twelve conducted this week's survey under hot, sunny conditions. The strange looking Deer Ked shown below is a small fly capable of only brief flights. Once it finds a host animal, it will shed its wings and live as a blood-sucking ectoparasite. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis) photo by Joe Fernandes Cycloneda sanguinea & Aphis nerii (red lady beetle larva eating oleander aphids) photo by Val Bugh Zelus renardii & Unknown sp. (assassin bug nymph eating perilampid wasp) photo by Joe Fernandes Oncerometopus nigriclavus (plant bug) photo by Katherine Daniels Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) photo by Katherine Daniels Mimus polyglottos (northern mockingbird) photo by Annelia Williams Haemorhous mexicanus (house finch) photo by Annelia Williams Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary) photo by Bill Boyd Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper) photo by Sam Fruehling Copaeodes aurantiaca (orange skipperling) photo by Beth Kirkhart Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Katherine Daniels Chalcoela iphitalis (sooty-winged chalcoela) photo by Val Bugh Cobubatha lixiva (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hypoprepia fucosa (painted lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Microcrambus croesus, Suleima cinerodorsana, Pelochrista rosaocellana & Stegasta bosqueella (various small moths) photo by Val Bugh Libytheana carinenta (American snout larva) photo by Dan Hardy Polygyra cereolus (land snail) photo by Val Bugh Allograpta exotica (flower fly) photo by Linda Crabtree Condylostylus sp. (long-legged fly) photo by Linda Crabtree Lipoptena mazamae (neotropical deer ked) photo by Val Bugh Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Fish: Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis gularis) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Misc.: Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Mite (Leptus sp.), on scorpion Land Snail (Polygyra cereolus) Land Snail (Rabdotus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout (adult & larva)       Asterocampa celtis   Hackberry Emperor    pieridae   Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface (larva)       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Kricogonia lyside   Lyside Sulphur    papilionidae   Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (larva)       Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Wallengrenia otho   Southern Broken-dash       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper    noctuidae   Cobubatha lixiva   Moth       Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi   Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Triplex Cutworm Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird-dropping Moth       Tarache quadriplaga   Bird-dropping Moth       Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird-dropping Moth       Cerathosia tricolor   Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Chloridea virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Grotella septempunctata   Moth    erebidae   Eubolina impartialis   Moth       Toxonprucha excavata   Moth       Matigramma rubrosuffusa   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalis   Moonseed Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Thin-banded Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia fucosa   Painted Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent    sphingidae   Dolba hyloeus   Pawpaw Sphinx       Sphinx vanbuskirki   Sphinx Moth    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia atrofasciata   Moth       Psamatodes abydata   Dot-lined Angle       Glenoides texanaria   Texas Gray Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Holochroa dissociarius   Moth       Glena quinquelinearia   Five-lined Glena       Scopula umbilicata   Swag-lined Wave       Nemoria bifilata   White-barred Emerald       Nemoria zygotaria   Emerald    megalopygidae   Megalopyge opercularis   Southern Flannel Moth    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Achyra bifidalis   Moth       Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Aethiophysa invisalis   Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Petrophila jaliscalis   Moth       Chalcoela iphitalis   Sooty-winged Chalcoela       Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Anderida peorinella   Grass-veneer Moth       Ephestiodes infimella   Moth       Eurythmia angulella   Moth       Salebriaria pumilella   Moth       Chararica hystriculella   Moth       Elasmopalpus lignosellus   Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth    tortricidae   Cydia latiferreana   Filbertworm Moth       Cydia membrosa   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Choristoneura houstonana   Juniper Budworm Moth       Suleima cinerodorsana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Pelochrista rosaocellana   Moth       Pseudexentera knudsoni   Leafroller Moth       Goditha bumeliana   Leafroller Moth       Sparganothis demissana   Moth       Sparganothis distincta   Moth       Platynota semiustana   Platynota Moth       Monoceratuncus lantana   Moth       Cochylichroa hospes   Banded Sunflower Moth       Platphalonidia magdalenae   Moth    gelechiidae   Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Gnorimoschema saphirinella   Moth       Hypatima sp.   Moth       Anacampsis sp.   Moth       Anacampsis new sp.   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Isophrictis similiella   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth       Numata bipunctella   Moth       Untomia albistrigella   Moth       Dichomeris inversella   Moth    scythrididae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth       Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    glyphipterigidae   Glyphipterix circumscriptella   Sedge Moth    cosmopterigidae   Euclemensia bassettella   Kermes Scale Moth       Teladoma sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Hellinsia sp.   Plume Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    elachistidae   Haplochrois bipunctella   Moth    blastobasidae   Hypatopa punctiferella   Moth    depressariidae   Ethmia hodgesella   Ethmia Moth    autostichidae   Taygete attributella   Moth       Taygete gallaegenitella   Moth    gracillariidae   Cremastobombycia sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus heppneri   Tubeworm Moth    tineidae   Nemapogon sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Pachybrachis texanus   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Lady Beetle (adult & larva)       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Lady Beetle    cerambycidae   Sphaenothecus bivittata   Longhorn Beetle    staphylinidae   Philonthus rufulus   Rove Beetle    carabidae   Acupalpus testaceus   Ground Beetle       Bembidion impotens   Ground Beetle    hydrophilidae   Berosus sp.   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus collaris   Water Scavenger Beetle       Tropisternus lateralis   Water Scavenger Beetle    dytiscidae   Coptotomus venustus   Predaceous Diving Beetle    mycetophagidae   Typhaea stercorea   Hairy Fungus Beetle    anthicidae   Vacusus vicinus   Antlike Flower Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab       Labarrus pseudolividus   Aphodiine Dung Beetle    bostrichidae   Xylobiops sp.   Powder-post Beetle       Xylobiops basilaris   Powder-post Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (nymph)       Chelinidea vittiger   Opuntia Bug (nymph)    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    largidae   Largus sp.   Largus Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug (nymph)    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug (nymph)    berytidae   Jalysus sp.   Stilt Bug    tingidae   Teleonemia scrupulosa   Lace Bug    miridae   Neurocolpus sp.   Plant Bug       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug       Pseudatomoscelis seriatus   Cotton Flea Hopper       Phytocoris nigricollis   Plant Bug       Parthenicus juniperi   Plant Bug       Oncerometopus nigriclavus   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (nymph)    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilaris   Green Stink Bug       Banasa euchlora   Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Paraphlepsius irroratus   Leafhopper       Eutettix sp.   Leafhopper       Menosoma cincta   Leafhopper       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Atanus sp.   Leafhopper       Norvellina helenae   Leafhopper       Polyamia yavapai   Leafhopper       Polyamia sp.   Leafhopper    cixiidae   Melanoliarus sp.   Planthopper    cercopidae   Lepyronia quadrangularis   Spittlebug       Clastoptera xanthocephala   Sunflower Spittlebug    pseudococcidae   Unknown sp.   Mealybug    aphididae   Tinocallis sp.   Aphid       Monellia caryella   Blackmargined Pecan Aphid       Aphis nerii   Oleander Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    colletidae   Hylaeus sp.   Masked Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Coelioxys sp.   Parasitic Leaf-cutter Bee    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    vespidae   Polistes bellicosus   Paper Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp    formicidae   Solenopsis sp.   Fire Ant       Leptogenys elongata   Ant       Forelius sp.   Ant       Nylanderia terricola   Crazy Ant    leucospidae   Leucospis affinis   Leucospid Wasp    perilampidae   Unknown sp.   Perilampid Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Hypocritanus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Allograpta exotica   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Villa lateralis   Bee Fly       Systoechus sp.   Bee Fly       Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    lauxaniidae   Camptoprosopella sp.   Lauxaniid Fly    tephritidae   Xanthaciura sp.   Fruit Fly    hippoboscidae   Lipoptena mazamae   Neotropical Deer Ked    culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    cecidomyiidae   Unknown sp.   Gall Midge odonata   libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Telebasis salva   Desert Firetail orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus ponderosus   Ponderous Grasshopper       Melanoplus differentialis   Differential Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Melanoplus flabellatus   Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper       Boopedon gracile   Graceful Range Grasshopper       Syrbula admirabilis   Handsome Grasshopper       Syrbula montezuma   Montezuma's Grasshopper       Arphia simplex   Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Trimerotropis maritima   Seaside Grasshopper    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket       Eunemobius carolinus   Carolina Ground Cricket       Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket (nymph)    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid       Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes bruneri   Bruner Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis isoptera   termitidae   Gnathamitermes sp.   Long-jawed Desert Termite neuroptera   myrmeleontidae   Myrmeleon sp.   Antlion (adult & larva) trichoptera   hydropsychidae   Potamyia flava   Netspinning Caddisfly embioptera   oligotomidae   Oligotoma sp.   Webspinner araneae   salticidae   Eris militaris   Bronze Jumper       Platycryptus undatus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider       Neoscona crucifera   Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Philodromus pratariae   Running Crab Spider    tetragnathidae   Tetragnatha sp.   Longjawed Orbweaver    theridiidae   Latrodectus mactans   Southern Black Widow    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    gnaphosidae   Zelotes sp.   Ground Spider    pholcidae   Holocnemus pluchei   Marbled Cellar Spider